I've used Hi Flo on the Fazer and Tiger for years. How can you tell if an oil filter is doing it's job or not - hence me buying them on price 'cos they are filthy when i change them.
ISome people have been known to tape small magnets on oil filters to attract metal particles and stop them from circulating back into the engine.
Quote from: darrsi on 15 November 2015, 01:37:46 pmISome people have been known to tape small magnets on oil filters to attract metal particles and stop them from circulating back into the engine. I thought that is what the filter was for in the first place
Now the sump bolt magnet on the other hand may well be of better use. But have never used one myself and worry a bit about the magnet falling off in the sump
Quote from: fazersharp on 15 November 2015, 05:29:40 pmNow the sump bolt magnet on the other hand may well be of better use. But have never used one myself and worry a bit about the magnet falling off in the sumpWould it be able to do any damage even if it did come off in the sump?. Not sure, but on a similar theme I had a car a while ago that had a plastic/nylon tip on the dipstick. The tube down to the sump had a couple of twists/turns in it and one day I actually heard the tip snap off way down in the tube .Went to the garage to ask them about it and they said don't worry, put a new dipstick in, it will push the broken bit into the sump where it can stay without harm because it can't get past the oil strainer pick-up. Don't know if this would apply to other cars though.
I always use yam ones, after all its just about all I spend on the bike apart from fuel
I would always use Hi-Flo or OEM. Read somewhere that HI-Flo make the oil filters for K&N.
Quote from: unfazed on 17 November 2015, 10:52:00 pmI would always use Hi-Flo or OEM. Read somewhere that HI-Flo make the oil filters for K&N.Hi-Flo do "Racing" filters in some sizes with a nut welded on the top. Sounds familiar!